ICN Mountain West

Facing Drought and Low Snowpack, Rio Grande States Expect a ‘Challenging’ Year

Officials at the annual Rio Grande Compact Commission meeting said that they expect river flows this year to be among the lowest in history.

By Martha Pskowski

Is the Keystone XL Pipeline Back?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says

By Jake Bolster

Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands

By Blaine Harden

The Warm, Dry Winter Has Left Firefighters in Wyoming Nervous

By Jake Bolster

Lessons From Salt Lakes for Making a Home in a Changing World

By Wyatt Myskow

Colorado River Negotiations Resume With Focus on Stopgap Measures

Scott Franz, KUNC

The Latest Front in the Battle Over Climate Lawsuits: Bills Wiping Out Liability

By Dana Drugmand

A Little-Used Maneuver Could Mean More Drilling and Mining in Southern Utah’s Redrock Country

By Georgina Gustin

New Lawsuit Aims to Halt Expansion of a Montana Coal Mine Blamed for Drying up the Land Above It

Story and photos by Jake Bolster

Supreme Court to Decide Key Issue in Fate of State and City Suits Against Oil Companies Over Climate Change

By Lee Hedgepeth

A Groundbreaking Geothermal Heating and Cooling Network Saves This Colorado College Money and Water

By Phil McKenna

Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack

By Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

In Arizona, Utilities and State Regulators Double Down on Fossil Fuels and Higher Costs Despite Residents’ Opposition

By Wyatt Myskow

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is Yet Again Under Threat, This Time From Congress

By Wyatt Myskow

A Record Wildfire Season Inspires Wyoming to Prepare for an Increasingly Fiery Future

By Jake Bolster

Trump’s Push for Coal in Colorado Could Bring ‘Massive’ Harm to Public Lands and Rural Communities, Advocates Say

By Jake Bolster

Wyoming County Approves Construction of What Could Become the Largest Data Center in US

By Leigh Reagan Smith

Are Declining Stocking Rates Underexplored By Scientists?

By Jake Bolster